BY A. JEFFERIS TURNER, M.D., F.E.S. 189 



Ocrasa, Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1212. Meyr., 

 Tr. E.S. 1884, p. 72. 



HERCULIA DECOLORALIS. 



A.w/,ui decoloralis, Led., Wien. Ent. Mon. 1863, p. 348, 

 PI. vi, f. 10. 



N.Q., Geraldton, Townsville ; Q., ])uaringa, I3risbane ; 

 N.S.W., Sydney. 



HERCULIA ALBIDALIS. 



Ocrasa albidalis, Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1212. 

 Meyr., Tr. E. S. 1884, p. 73. 



Spilodes ( .^ J rhodocri/jitalis, Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. xxxiv, p. 

 1474. 



Q., Peak Downs, Nambour, Brisbane ; N.S.W., Sydney ; 

 v., Birchip ; S.A., Mt. Lofty. 



HERCULIA. ACERASTA. 



aKepacTTos, unmixed ; without markings on wings. 



(J $ , 26-32 Vl^]\. Head and palpi dull-pinkisb mixed with 

 ochreous. Antennae whitish-ochreous, ciliations in ^ 2. Tho- 

 rax and abdomen whitish-grey tinged with ochreous. Legs dull- 

 pinkish ; anterior femora of ^ without tuft. Forewiugs trian- 

 gular, costa straight except close to base and apex, apex rounded, 

 termen oblique, slightly rounded; whitish-grey tinged with 

 ochreous, in J with pinkish ; costa narrowly ochreous ; cilia 

 dull-pinkish, bases ochreous-tinged, a median fuscous line, apices 

 whitish. Hindwings with termen rounded, colour and cilia as 

 forewings. 



Extremely similar to H. albidalis, but the forewings are 

 entirely devoid of discal dot and transverse lines. The ^ is 

 distinguishable with certainty by the absence of an anterior 

 femoral tuft. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q., Brisbane, from November to January, four specimens ; 

 v., Gisborne, in March ; one specimen received from Mr. G. 

 Lyell. 



(jien. 19. ViTESSA. 



Titessa, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co., p. 299. Hmps., Tr. E.S. 

 1896, p. 502. 



t VlTESSA GLAUCOPTERA. 



Vitessa fflaucoptera, Hmps. 

 N.Q. 



'Srcn. 20. Hypsidia. 

 Hypsidia, Eoths. 



